Vulnerability · Published May 29, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-45631Dokploy: Pre-Auth Admin Takeover via Hardcoded Authentication Secret
Critical 10.0
In plain English
A critical-severity hard-coded credentials in dokploy from Dokploy. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)10.0Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Dokploy is a free, self-hostable Platform as a Service (PaaS). From 0.27.0 to before 0.29.3, a hardcoded BETTER_AUTH_SECRET fallback ("better-auth-secret-123456789") lets an unauthenticated attacker forge email verification JWTs, trigger auto-sign-in as admin, and execute commands on the host via the built-in SSH terminal. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.29.3.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-798 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://github.com/Dokploy/dokploy/security/advisories/GHSA-w3gm-rc4p-9rhj x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/Dokploy/dokploy/pull/4374 x_refsource_MISC